Condiment holder



Oct. 11, 1949. H. E. BEATTY ET AL 2,484,148

CONDIMENT HOLDER Filed April 3, 1946 lriventorg A No rneys #4 mmwW/uazzmPatented Oct. 11, 1949 CONDIMENT HOLDER Horatio E- Beatty, Elberfeld,and Thomas W. Mullen, Evansville, Ind.; said Mullen assignor to saidBeatty Application April 3, 1946, Serial No. 659,374

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to condiment holders, such as arecustomarily used for salt, pepper and other seasonings.

An important object of the invention is to provide a holder which willsubstantially prevent the formation of clogs, especially in the instanceof salt, the device operating when inverted and shaken to alwaysmaintain the salt loose and. lumpless.

Another object of the invention is to provide a condiment holderespecially constructed for agitating and breaking up lumps of salt asthe latter is dispensed through the dispensing openings thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a condiment holder heador top structure which may be bought independently of conventionalreceptacles, thus permitting the improved head structure to be bought byhouseholders and others, to be applied to the containers they presentlyhave on hand.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a condiment holderwhich can be easily constructed and which will retail at a very nominalprice.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent to the reader of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view:

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 ofFigure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View showing the shakerinverted and the head portion of the cap in contents dischargingposition;

Figure 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2 Figure 5 is anenlarged fragmentary detailed sectional view through the cap and headstructure, showing the cap slightly elevated;

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the head portion with the cap removed.

Referring to the drawing, numeral 5 denotes a container preferablycylindrical and which may be of transparent material, such as glass orplastic. The upper open end of the container has external threads 6 withwhich engage the thread formed skirt 1 of an annular head structure 8,the upper portion of this head structure 8 being curved inwardly andprovided with a top 9, The

top 9 has a circular opening l0 and. projecting into this opening fromthe top 9 are axially directed lugs H.

Numeral I2 is a convex shaped and perhaps hollow body having a flatbottom 13, from which depends a skirt l4 snugly slidable through theopening it of the top 9, and this skirt l4 has longitudinal slots I5extending from the bottom i3 to a point adjacent the lower edge of theskirt [4, the slots l5 receiving the lugs H and serving as openingsthrough which the contents of the container 5 can be shaken, as when thedevice is inverted to the position shown in Figure 3.

The closure body I2 has its bottom resting flatly on the top 9, when theholder is in upright position, this serving to exclude moisture fromreaching the contents of the container 5. When the container isinverted, as shown in Figure 3, the contents will fall into the skirt l4and be caused to run out through the slots [5 by a shaking motion of theholder, and any lumps that may form and lodge in the slots, are brokeninto grains during the up and down movement of the body 12 by the lugs Hwhich move longitudinally in the slots l5 and serve to clean the slotsas Well as limiting longitudinal movement of the closure.

Upon return of the holder to an upright position, the closure body l2will return to a position resting upon the top 9, thus closing off theinterior of the container against the admission of moisture.

While the foregoing description sets forth the invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A condiment holder comprising a container having its upper end open, ahead removably carried by the upper end of said container and a top wallformed with an opening and with lugs spaced from each othercircumferentially of the said opening and extending inwardly thereof, aclosure having a body formed with a solid bottom normally resting fiatagainst the top wall of said head to close the opening therein, and anannular skirt extending downwardly from the body and fitting snugly inthe opening and being slidable longitudinally through the said opening,said. skirt being formed with longitudinally extending slots spaced fromeach other circumferentially of the skirt, said lugs fitting into saidslots and. serving to limit outward longitudinal movement of the skirtthrough the opening and constituting members for removing clogged.material lodged in the slots.

HORATIO E..BEAT.[Y.

THOMAS W. MULLEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Wallace Nov. 9, 1886 Nixon et alNov. 10, 1908 Vance Jan. 10, 1911 Carlisle May '7, 1918 Weidlich June24, 1919 Peterson Nov; 10, 1925 Reiner Jan. 7, 1930 Manger Nov. 11. 1941

